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	'''Genderqueer Chicago''' was an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps.		'''Genderqueer Chicago''' was an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps.

	Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, [[genderqueer]], and/or trans-identified".<ref name=":2">Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>		Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly [[queer]], [[genderqueer]], and/or [[trans]]-identified".<ref name=":2">Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>

	The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>		The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>
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	Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />		Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />

	Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [he] moved to Chicago". He praised the group for helping him make friends in a new city and for ~~wecolming~~ people like him whose genders fell outside a binary of "trans woman" or "trans man".<ref name=":2" /><ref>Ryan. "The Amazingness That is Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. September 11, 2011. https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/the-amazingness-that-is-genderqueer-chicago/</ref>		Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [he] moved to Chicago". He praised the group for helping him make friends in a new city and for welcoming people like him whose genders fell outside a binary of "trans woman" or "trans man".<ref name=":2" /><ref>Ryan. "The Amazingness That is Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. September 11, 2011. https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/the-amazingness-that-is-genderqueer-chicago/</ref>

	Lee Andel Dewey, a GQC member, adopted the group's working agreements and discussion-centered format for a group they facilitated called CommunityCave. Dewey said that taking these elements from GQC made CommunityCave more successful.<ref>Dewey, Lee Andel (interviewee). ''Interview with Lee Andel Dewey''. 2020-12-18. University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies., umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll97:229 Accessed 11 Mar 2025.</ref>		Lee Andel Dewey, a GQC member, adopted the group's working agreements and discussion-centered format for a group they facilitated called CommunityCave. Dewey said that taking these elements from GQC made CommunityCave more successful.<ref>Dewey, Lee Andel (interviewee). ''Interview with Lee Andel Dewey''. 2020-12-18. University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies., umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll97:229 Accessed 11 Mar 2025.</ref>

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	[[File:Genderqueerchicago.jpg\|alt=A group portrait of 16 people in 3 rows. Many are smiling or making silly poses for the camera. \|thumb\|Genderqueer Chicago members circa 2018.]]		[[File:Genderqueerchicago.jpg\|alt=A group portrait of 16 people in 3 rows. Many are smiling or making silly poses for the camera. \|thumb\|Genderqueer Chicago members circa 2018.]]
	Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps.		'''Genderqueer Chicago''' was an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps.

	Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".<ref name=":2">Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>		Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, [[genderqueer]], and/or trans-identified".<ref name=":2">Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>

	The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>		The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>

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	Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps.		Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps.

	Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, ~~2018.~~https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".<ref name=":2">Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>		Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".<ref name=":2">Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>

	The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer ~~Chicago.~~https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>		The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>

	Every other month, the group had special meetings where they assembled blanket forts in the meeting room and discussed topics chosen by members that day (rather than a single topic chosen ahead of time).<ref name=":0" />		Every other month, the group had special meetings where they assembled blanket forts in the meeting room and discussed topics chosen by members that day (rather than a single topic chosen ahead of time).<ref name=":0" />

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	Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />		Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />

	Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [he] moved to Chicago" ~~and~~ praised the group for helping him make friends in a new city~~, as well as how the group wecomed~~ people like ~~them,~~ whose genders fell outside a binary of "trans woman" or "trans man".<ref name=":2" /><ref>Ryan. "The Amazingness That is Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. September 11, 2011. https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/the-amazingness-that-is-genderqueer-chicago/</ref>		Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [he] moved to Chicago". He praised the group for helping him make friends in a new city and for wecolming people like him whose genders fell outside a binary of "trans woman" or "trans man".<ref name=":2" /><ref>Ryan. "The Amazingness That is Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. September 11, 2011. https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/the-amazingness-that-is-genderqueer-chicago/</ref>

	Lee Andel Dewey, a GQC member, adopted the group's working agreements and discussion-centered format for a group they facilitated called CommunityCave. Dewey said that taking these elements from GQC made CommunityCave more successful.<ref>Dewey, Lee Andel (interviewee). ''Interview with Lee Andel Dewey''. 2020-12-18. University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies., umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll97:229 Accessed 11 Mar 2025.</ref>		Lee Andel Dewey, a GQC member, adopted the group's working agreements and discussion-centered format for a group they facilitated called CommunityCave. Dewey said that taking these elements from GQC made CommunityCave more successful.<ref>Dewey, Lee Andel (interviewee). ''Interview with Lee Andel Dewey''. 2020-12-18. University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies., umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll97:229 Accessed 11 Mar 2025.</ref>

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	Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />		Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />

	Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [~~Ryan~~] moved to Chicago" and praised the group for helping ~~them~~ make friends in a new city, as well as how the group wecomed people like them, whose genders fell outside a binary of "trans woman" or "trans man".<ref name=":2" /><ref>Ryan. "The Amazingness That is Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. September 11, 2011. https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/the-amazingness-that-is-genderqueer-chicago/</ref>		Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [he] moved to Chicago" and praised the group for helping him make friends in a new city, as well as how the group wecomed people like them, whose genders fell outside a binary of "trans woman" or "trans man".<ref name=":2" /><ref>Ryan. "The Amazingness That is Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. September 11, 2011. https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/the-amazingness-that-is-genderqueer-chicago/</ref>

	Lee Andel Dewey, a GQC member, adopted the group's working agreements and discussion-centered format for a group they facilitated called CommunityCave. Dewey said that taking these elements from GQC made CommunityCave more successful.<ref>Dewey, Lee Andel (interviewee). ''Interview with Lee Andel Dewey''. 2020-12-18. University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies., umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll97:229 Accessed 11 Mar 2025.</ref>		Lee Andel Dewey, a GQC member, adopted the group's working agreements and discussion-centered format for a group they facilitated called CommunityCave. Dewey said that taking these elements from GQC made CommunityCave more successful.<ref>Dewey, Lee Andel (interviewee). ''Interview with Lee Andel Dewey''. 2020-12-18. University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies., umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll97:229 Accessed 11 Mar 2025.</ref>

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	Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />		Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />

	Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [Ryan] moved to Chicago" and praised the group for helping them make friends in a new city, as well as how the group wecomed people like them, whose genders fell outside a binary of "trans woman" or "trans man".<ref name=":2" /><ref>Ryan. "The Amazingness That is Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. September 11, 2011. https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/the-amazingness-that-is-genderqueer-chicago/</ref>		Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [Ryan] moved to Chicago" and praised the group for helping them make friends in a new city, as well as how the group wecomed people like them, whose genders fell outside a binary of "trans woman" or "trans man".<ref name=":2" /><ref>Ryan. "The Amazingness That is Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. September 11, 2011. https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/the-amazingness-that-is-genderqueer-chicago/</ref>

			Lee Andel Dewey, a GQC member, adopted the group's working agreements and discussion-centered format for a group they facilitated called CommunityCave. Dewey said that taking these elements from GQC made CommunityCave more successful.<ref>Dewey, Lee Andel (interviewee). ''Interview with Lee Andel Dewey''. 2020-12-18. University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies., umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll97:229 Accessed 11 Mar 2025.</ref>

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	Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps.		Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps.

	Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".<ref>Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>		Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".<ref name=":2">Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>

	The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>		The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>
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	Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />		Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />

	Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [Ryan] moved to Chicago" and		Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [Ryan] moved to Chicago" and praised the group for helping them make friends in a new city, as well as how the group wecomed people like them, whose genders fell outside a binary of "trans woman" or "trans man".<ref name=":2" /><ref>Ryan. "The Amazingness That is Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. September 11, 2011. https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/the-amazingness-that-is-genderqueer-chicago/</ref>

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	Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".<ref>Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>		Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".<ref>Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>

	The group's website ~~described their goals as giving~~ people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, ~~creating~~ visibility for gender variant people, and ~~making~~ Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>		The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>

	Every other month, the group had special meetings where they assembled blanket forts in the meeting room and discussed topics chosen by members that day (rather than a single topic chosen ahead of time).<ref name=":0" />		Every other month, the group had special meetings where they assembled blanket forts in the meeting room and discussed topics chosen by members that day (rather than a single topic chosen ahead of time).<ref name=":0" />

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	Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps. Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> ~~Ro White~~ described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers".<ref>White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref>		Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps.

			Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".<ref>Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref>

	The group's website described their goals as giving people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, creating visibility for gender variant people, and making Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>		The group's website described their goals as giving people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, creating visibility for gender variant people, and making Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>

	Every other month, the group had special meetings where they assembled blanket forts in the meeting room and discussed topics chosen by members that day (rather than a single topic chosen ahead of time).<ref name=":0" />		Every other month, the group had special meetings where they assembled blanket forts in the meeting room and discussed topics chosen by members that day (rather than a single topic chosen ahead of time).<ref name=":0" />

			Some attendees chose to keep socializing after the end of most meetings, relocating to a nearby 24-hour diner.<ref name=":1" />

			Ryan of the Beyond Bryn Mawr blog called the group "one of the reasons [Ryan] moved to Chicago" and

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	Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps. Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref>		Genderqueer Chicago is an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps. Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, 2018.https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> Ro White described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers".<ref>White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref>

	The group's website described their goals as giving people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, creating visibility for gender variant people, and making Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>		The group's website described their goals as giving people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, creating visibility for gender variant people, and making Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer Chicago.https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref>